steamship

traffic, transportation, mobility

A vessel propelled by steam engines or steam turbines.

Traveljournal 1825

Calais–London, 7 June 1825
Acquaintance with Jacob Perkins, 10 June 1825
Bellhouse’s sawmill, 22 June 1825
Visit to the engineering firm of Taylor & Martineau, 15 July 1825
London–Dover, 17 July 1825

Traveljournal 1825–1827

Perkins’ Siderogrpahic Institute, 5 December 1826
Fischer procures specialist literature, 10 October 1827
London Steelworks and a so-called tobacco dispenser, 12 October 1827
Journey home via Paris, 13-21 October 1827

Traveljournal 1845

Foreword
Schaffhausen–Basel, 14 July 1845
Paris hat fashions, the mint and onward journey, 19 July 1845
Crossing the Channel and Mr. Hamer’s travel tips, 21 July 1845
Fischer and his nephew Winz visit the Polytechnical Institution, 25 July 1845
Some observations on railways, 30 July 1845
Dover–Ghent, 5 August 1845
Cologne–Schaffhausen, 7–9 August 1845

Traveljournal 1846

Schaffhausen–Ostend, 15–17 October 1846
Crossing from Ostend to Dover, 18 October 1846
The Butterley Works and a highway robbery at Alfredton, 26 October 1846
Liverpool’s maritime ironworks, 29 October 1846
Dover–Schaffhausen, 4–8 November 1846

Traveljournal 1851

Mannheim–Cologne, 14 June 1851
Cologne–Ostend, 15 June 1851
Fischer’s highlights of the Exhibition, 24 June 1851
Further highlights of the Exhibition, 29 June 1851
Birmingham–Manchester, 5 July 1851
Sheffield–Dover, 9 July 1851
Ostend–Mannheim, 10–11 July 1851

Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.

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Cite as: steamship. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/keywords/gfa-keywords-8801, viewed on 6 June 2025.

[[title]] — Steamship on the Lachine Rapids, Canada (artist unknown, 19th century)